[Bigwill]

O.B.

You wrote-: "The other other way at looking at this is that he is managing his low point for the shot at hand. The ball forward of low point, his head back in an effort to launch a sky high ball for extreme distance. An artificial uphill type shot."

I disagree. He is making no attempt to hit up on the ball. He simply knows that if he gets his hands opposite his left thigh by impact, that the club's forward kick will cause the clubface to be facing upwards - if the ball is teed a little further.


I'm pretty sure he's trying to hit the ball on the upswing. That's like longriver 101. If he didn't, he wouldn't hit the ball high enough. They can't get the launch conditions they're after by simply relying on the forward kick of the club; that wouldn't be enough with a 5* driver. That's why most of them play the ball so far forward, with it teed up so high. When I competed (or tried to is a more accurate statement) I teed the entire ball above the clubhead to try to knock the spin off my driver. I wasn't alone.


Jamie Sadlowski was trained by Jason Zuback. There is no hip sway in Jamie's swing. The only difference to Jason Zuback's swing is that Jason positions his head centrally while Jamie positions his head further back - because he knows that he is going to have a lot of secondary axis tilt at impact when he swing his clubhead at >150mph through the impact zone.



I don't think it's accurate to say that Sadlowski was trained by Zuback. He's played since he was 4 years old, and he didn't meet Zuback until he'd made it to Mesquite for the first time. As far as their swings are concerned, they're as different as night from day. I think the only similarities are that they're both short and Canadian


Here is a swing video of his swing.

He does not sway in the backswing. Note how he braces his left side to keep in balance. He also needs secondary axis tilt to keep in balance. He only weighs 165lbs and his frame is much smaller than Jason's heavy torso. Jason can perform a more centralised swing and still keep in balance because of his heavy frame, but Jamie's body frame is different and he chooses to have more secondary axis tilt to keep in balance.

Jeff.

p.s. You don't have to worry about "increased secondary axis tilt" hurting my back. I have such little hula hula flexibility that I cannot achieve 50% of Jamie's secondary axis tilt. I guess I don't need it with a clubhead speed of 95mph.

Not trying to give you a hard time, Jeff. Just clearing some things up.